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08-05-2011, 11:40 AM
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Some plans (Like Weight Watchers) require you to eat so much of this and that because weight loss is caused by a chemical reaction so certain food combinations trigger it.. is a good thing!
My only issue with WW is that there is SO much focus on food where the brain should be taught to not focus on it so much, I suppose the idea is to catch on then be on automatic with what you eat and how much exercise etc.....therefore not thinking about food all day and measuring, weighing, counting, journaling etc allowing other things to take up mental space! Also it is very true about the 10 pound rule.. I am 5'1 and a 5 pound gain won't let me in my jeans, BUT it takes me forever to lose that 5 pounds... Which I need to lose currently, plus some! |
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08-05-2011, 01:08 PM
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I am so there with you! I was doing pretty well on my own, then my knees flared-so I tried WW since it was successful for me when I was young after my babies were born. It was not a good fit for me. It, to me, was much easier when we weighed and measured food (in the old days, haha) but when I joined this time about 6-8 months ago, it was all about the points. I just could not do the points thing. Even Skinny Cow ice cream has points. I just need to do my own eating plan. I do make food much less of a focus for myself. I decide each day what I am eating that day, I stick to it to the best of my abilities and try to eat at regular times as best as I can and not think about food the rest of the time. I can fixate on something to the point I am half-crazed if I do not eat it. I just can't go there. I don't care if an ice cream has 1/2 points-if it has sugar, I am done for. I can make those 1/2 points turn into 50 points very, very easily. I have made it to lunchtime now. My breakfast was approx. 3/4 cup of oatmeal with about 20 raisins, one peach mid-morning and one cup of coffee with 1 teaspoon of half-and-half (refuse to give that up). For lunch I have 1 wrap with chicken, cabbage, carrots and low-fat Asian dressing. It is not just one day at a time for me. Sometimes it is an hour at a time. Hugs all. 
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08-05-2011, 01:15 PM
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Most of the time, an hour later...I've decided against it. For me, eating sweets or chips or whatever can just start the ball rolling...and I'm better off to just not get it started. That's one of the reasons I'm thinking my co-worker's eating plan might be a good one for me....lots of food, lots of crunching, dressing on my salad (as long as I make it from healthy oil myself), nuts to snack on....and it's just plain ol' mega healthy eating, which I know would keep my feet attached and my eyes seeing better than any number of artificially sweetend treats even if I stuck to the points or calories or whatever. Can I be perfect and never have a treat while I'm eating like that? Nope; I'm old enough to know myself better than that. But, if I can eat like that most days...then I'd be the healthier for it.
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08-05-2011, 02:09 PM
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I have a strange, or at least it feels strange to me even though I am the one doing it, weight change behavior...I buy any of the junk stuff I want...I bake any of the sweets 'n stuff I get into my head to bake...I have stuff in the house, sweet and savory...if I Don't buy it, or order it at a restaurant, or bake/make it I will eat whatever I have and get more...for me, I can have it around, I can make it and not even take a bite...two weekends ago I was grumpy and was going down to get some carrots...and, I bought a pie, a good handmade pie they sell here, that was sunday...on wednesday I gave it to my Great Pal from across the street...not a bite was gone...
I am also good at taking one bite of something, and throwing the rest away... I clean out the cupboards often and make bags of 'treats' which I then leave at places where folks who might enjoy some treats hang out...I get what I need from getting it, and someone else can have the final enjoyment from it... I admit it's not the most economical way to change what I eat, or maybe even a way that makes sense to anyone but me, but it does work...same at a restaurant...I never, ever finish what I order...the more food that is on the plate, the less of it I will tend to eat...I don't ever take home food from a restaurant... I am kind of interested in Jo's friend's eating plan...I am going to actually print it out and think it through...I like the whole thing of having stuff to chew on, a lot, and it sounds like there are a good bit of options included in the plan... the happier I am the lighter I become... |
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08-05-2011, 09:10 PM
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I ate too much tonight.
I'm not really feeling ashamed or anything but mostly regretful. We went to Golden Corral and I generally have a huge salad before my meal and then go eat a little of this and that. I did that tonight just like always but I ate more of the hot food than I actually needed. I discovered that I do NOT like the feeling of hunger. Tonight when we entered the restaurant, my stomach was growling and I was feeling MEAN! The autopilot in me was just wanted to cram something in my stomach to shut her up. If I had to do it differently, I wouldn't have eaten that yeast roll or that green bean casserole because I was full before I had those. I'm not beating myself up at all, just realizing that I knew I was full and at a stopping point and made a decision to ignore it. Still, not feeling bad about it really (which is a brand new thing for me), and definitely feeling more in touch with my hunger system. I'm kinda thankful for that! (even when it kinda sucks!)
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08-05-2011, 09:38 PM
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Tonight I went to my gym at 10pm and burned 300 calories on the elliptical!
Super proud of myself When I first started in April, I couldn't stay on that thing more than 2 minutes lol now I look forward to beating my time 
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08-06-2011, 04:01 PM
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Ok been doing some reading in this thread and I see some really good advise.. me I was 180 at my top weight and then I lost a lot in a span of 3 years i dropped down to 125 the last of that being after my accident I feel the best around 140 well lately I had been picking up weight not good for my knee or for my self image back in my biggest uniform pants and up to 166. n my issue is I will eat junk and am not a veggie eater pluss I work over night and with the hectic life at times Desd and I tent to eat on the go and not well. now I am laid up with a broken foot so betting back to the work outs is way limited and I am getting frustrated so I am going to take this one step at a time
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08-06-2011, 04:40 PM
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One of the things thats happning with my weigth loss is my body changes,some I like, some I dont but will live with them..Im shure hopeing as I loswe more weight it balances out.
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You can do it Bard!!!
I have found that having some dry cereal helps when I want something sweet. Try and see if you can do crunches until your foot gets better or go swimming if you can. I am thinking of checking to see if Netflix has any yoga programs. I will let you all know what I find. Zimmy Quote:
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